My Riffs

To perform at your peak, you have to master your rest and recovery.  This applies to sports, work and life in general.  Performance then rest. That’s a pattern and cycle that has to be part of your rhythm to make for sustainable performance. The performance highs can only go so far as the quality of rest in between.  Learn to perform well, but learn to recover equally well. 

One of life's greatest teachers is consequences. As leaders, when we shield or remove someone from consequences, we're robbing them of one of the greatest teachers they will ever have. Consequences are usually painful, uncomfortable, and genreally non-desirable. But they're still one of the best teachers.  Consequences don't always produce good learners, but they are more effective than most teachers.

Save the fight for what matters. There’s too much online fighting. There’s no point. Save your fight for what matters. Most those things online matter little. Fight for your family, for your values, for your future. That’s worth it. 

Your beliefs will be tested. Your resolve will be tested. Your habits will be tested. Your morals will be tested. Your assumptions will be tested. On and on the list goes.  These tests will shake out the truth. 

It needs to start with me. What we want changed, what we don't like, the problems around us, to make things better has to start with me. The things around me need me to get better to influence what needs to be changed. It starts with me. 

 Each action sets a precedent. That's why it's a bad idea to make a mistake twice in a row. A mistake must be followed by some form of correction. Because a precedent has been set and must be reset. A good action sets a precedent. It makes another good action easier. Every action is a precedent; every follow up a precedent. Don't make the same mistake twice. If you have, immediately set a new precedent.